EPA Invites Youth to Serve on Agency’s First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formal establishment of the agency’s first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council (NEYAC). The NEYAC will provide independent advice and recommendations to Administrator Michael S. Regan on [...]
The Village of Hempstead Arbor Day Celebration took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Village of Hempstead Park, Denton Green located on James A. Garner Way in Hempstead, New York. The Arbor Day event provided community members and students an opportunity to become involved in [...]
The excellent e-flyer that went out to Schenectady community members in advance of the summer 2022 tree planting. See also the earlier blog post: Schenectady Plants 50 Trees with New Collaborative Initiative In the summer of 2021, ReTree Schenectady, the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Community [...]
The latest edition of the OEC Newsletter features OEC job openings, great photos from 2022 events (can you find the owl?); reflections from crew members, and more. 🌳
IRA Funding for UCF; Grant to Replace Ash Trees; Fall Planting Celebrations Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
Nyack community members gathered in late October to plant 25 bare root trees, commemorate 5 newly planted Ulmus 'Lewis & Clark' elms, celebrate Nyack's 8 years as a Tree City USA, and eat pizza! Thanks to Nyack Tree Committee Chair Marcy Denker for furnishing photos [...]
Members of the Park Avenue Elementary School Student Council helped backfill five tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) trees during the October 2022 fall planting celebration in the Village of Warwick. The Village of Warwick held a tree planting event on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Veterans Memorial [...]
Thanks to Chiu Yin Hempel of the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board for forwarding photos and the following info about this event in Orange County. [Ed. note: the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board website is exceptionally good!] On Friday, November 4, 2022, the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory [...]
John Bowne High School Agriculture Teacher Jane Zhu (at right) with two of her students, readying the school nursery's woody plants for overwintering. Story and Photos by Nancy Wolf, Environmental Education Consultant, Member of New York City (Region 2) ReLeaf This fall, John Bowne High [...]
The Conservation Board and the Planning Department of the Town of Penfield hosted a tree planting event and giveaway in Rothfuss Park, sponsored in part by a $1000 Quick Start grant from the NYSUFC. We at the Council are really impressed with the event Penfield organized! [...]